Psalmody And Poetry In Old Testament Ethics

Author : Dirk J. Human
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567598974

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Psalmody and Poetry in Old Testament Ethics by Dirk J. Human Pdf

Questions arise from scholarly debate in Hebrew Bible ethics such as: what is Old Testament ethics?, what is the object of study?, what are the methods involved and how normative are Old Testament ethics for modern contexts? These questions advance crucial issues in the quest for understanding ethics of the ancient Hebrew mind and the problem of how to contextualize them in modern contexts. This book begins by exploring the relationship between the Old Testament and Ethics, as well as a philosophical discussion on meta-ethical presuppositions on divinity and morality in the Psalter. The main part of the book reflects analyses of specific psalms (Pss 16; 34; 50; 72; 104; and 133). The core of this section reflects an illustration of psalm texts with the thematic focus on Hebrew ethical thinking. Included are a few contextual contributions discussing relevant ethical issues in Africa from an African perspective. In the final section two exemplary poetic texts from the Pentateuch (Deut 32) and the Prophets (Jer 5) reverberate ethical thinking from other parts of the Hebrew canon.

Author : Joshua T. James
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567675200

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The Storied Ethics of the Thanksgiving Psalms by Joshua T. James Pdf

Drawing on research from the field of narrative ethics, The Storied Ethics of the Thanksgiving Psalms argues that story and storytelling function as important instruments in a given community's ethical shaping. While this argument has gained some traction in the field of Old Testament ethics, it has yet to inform an ethical reading of non-narrative texts, such as the Psalter. However, because the thanksgiving psalms are characterized by their inclusion of the worshipper's story, they stand to benefit from the application of a narrative ethical approach. In the present study, this argument is tested through a close reading of three thanksgivings – Psalms 116, 118, and 138 – each of which clearly demonstrates a didactic concern. Yahweh is presented as one who is worthy of trust, even in the midst of personal disaster. The affirmation of Yahweh's character provides the framework for the community's continued (or renewed) commitment and trust, hope and expectancy. The example provided by the worshipper challenges the audience to pray as they prayed, to trust as they trust, to live with hope as they live with hope. In addition, these psalms, and the stories they retell, invite the audience to tell their story when God answers their prayers, and to do so in public, in corporate worship, for the benefit of the community. These intended results – prayer, commitment, trust, hope, expectancy, public storytelling and thanksgiving – are not typically pursued in “ethical” studies, but they are clearly part of the Psalter's comprehensive vision of the ethical life and are, therefore, worthy of careful consideration.

Author : C. L. Crouch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781108473439

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The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics by C. L. Crouch Pdf

Balances historical and contemporary concerns in an engaging and informative way, drawing connections between ancient and contemporary ethical problems.

Author : Daniel C. Owens
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621898467

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Portraits of the Righteous in the Psalms by Daniel C. Owens Pdf

What have the Psalms to do with ethics? Readers prize the Psalter for its richly theological prayers, but into these prayers are woven a variety of ethical issues. This book explores the ethics of the Psalter by examining the four portraits of the righteous person that punctuate Book I. It begins by studying these psalms as individual compositions and then employs both the canonical approach and dialogic criticism to identify the complex relationship between the portraits' vision of the righteous life and its outcome. Does the righteous person enjoy security and the good life? The answer may be surprising, but joining the psalmist on the rocky path of the interface of faith and experience is certain to prove a formative experience.

Author : Robert L. Foster
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978706347

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We Have Heard, O Lord by Robert L. Foster Pdf

The Book of Psalms includes some of the most impassioned language about God in the Old Testament. At the same time, the psalms as a collection constitute one of the most impassioned debates about the nature and activity of God on behalf of individuals, Israel, and the created order. In this learned yet accessible volume, Robert Foster offers the first major introduction to this debate about the person and work of God as it unfolds in the Book of Psalms. If God is the Just King, why does this King delay vindicating the oppressed and saving them from wicked oppressors? What happens when God turns in divine judgment against the people of Israel? Does God keep the promises made to the descendants of David and the covenant made with the people of Israel? Do the psalmists find God faithful and so worthy of the final commands in the Psalter to “Praise the Lord”? These powerful questions drive the debate within the Book of Psalms. By attending to the psalmists’ rhetoric, Foster shows how the individual psalmists appeal to God in prayer and proclamation and how these contrasting voices give life to the Psalter and to its presentation of the living God.

Author : Gordon J. Wenham
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801031687

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Psalms as Torah by Gordon J. Wenham Pdf

An internationally-renowned Old Testament scholar explores the riches of the Psalms, expounding the ways they shape those who read them.

Author : Susan Gillingham
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191647109

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Jewish and Christian Approaches to the Psalms by Susan Gillingham Pdf

The Psalms have resulted in controversies between Jews and Christians over the centuries and it is only from the mid twentieth century onwards that the two traditions have worked side by side in the academy at least. This is one of the very few volumes on the psalms to incorporate scholarship from both these traditions for nearly a century, and the result is a rich celebration of these extraordinary ancient songs. This innovative essay collection draws together internationally renowned Jewish and Christian scholars of the Psalms, with one tradition responding to the other, in areas as diverse as Qumran studies, Medieval Jewish interpretation, Reception History, Liturgical Psalters and Chagall's Church Windows and more recent Literary Studies of the Psalter as a Book. The range of topics chosen will be of interest not only to those specializing in the Psalms but also to others interested more generally in biblical studies. Several musical and artistic representations of selected psalms are also included and the book includes a colour plate section which illustrates several of the chapters.

Author : Amy Cottrill
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646982189

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Uncovering Violence by Amy Cottrill Pdf

It is no surprise that the Bible is filled with stories of violence, having come into being through the crucible of trauma, cultural conflict, and warfare. But the more obvious acts of physical or sexual violence in the Hebrew Bible often overshadow its subtler forms throughout Scripture and belie the variety of perspectives on violence embedded in biblical narratives. This hinders readers' ability to recognize the full spectrum of human engagement with violence, both in texts and in their lived experiences. Uncovering Violence: Reading Biblical Narratives as an Ethical Project seeks to provide a theoretical vocabulary for the various forms that violence can take—including textual violence, interpretive violence, moral injury, and slow violence—and to offer a fresh ethical reading of violence in the biblical text. Focusing on four narratives from the Hebrew Bible, Cottrill uses the approach of narrative ethics to lay out the many ways that stories can make moral claims on readers, not by delivering a discrete "lesson" or takeaway but by making transformative contact with readers and involving them in a more embodied dialogue with the text. Exploring the narratives of Jael’s killing of Sisera, the toxic masculinity of Samson, environmental devastation and failures of legal systems in Ruth, and Abigail’s mediation with King David, Uncovering Violence presents strategies for reading that allow for this close encounter. In doing so, it helps prepare readers to better recognize, interpret, and even respond to violence and its many effects within and beyond the text.

Author : William Straton Bruce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Bible
ISBN : HARVARD:AH5IL9

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The Ethics of the Old Testament by William Straton Bruce Pdf

Author : David Cameron Ray
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783161620416

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Conflict and Enmity in the Asaph Psalms by David Cameron Ray Pdf

Author : Cyril S. Rodd
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001-08-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567087539

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Glimpses of a Strange Land by Cyril S. Rodd Pdf

In this challenging book Cyril Rodd questions many of the assumptions that lie behind recent studies of Old Testament ethics. He views the 'strangeness' of the biblical world and wonders whether there is an Old Testament ethics in the modern sense of the word - finding rather that the Old Testament writers did not regard many of today's ethical dilemmas as problems at all.Dr Rodd examines all the Old Testament writings on five ethical issues: the poor, war, treatment of animals, ecology and the position of women. He considers their validity and relevance for today and discusses the extent to which they can be referred to for authority - or for inspiration and guidance..

Author : Arthur Jan Keefer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567693358

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Proverbs 1-9 as an Introduction to the Book of Proverbs by Arthur Jan Keefer Pdf

Proverbs 1-9 has long been called a 'prologue' and 'introduction' to the book of Proverbs, a label that this book clarifies by answering the question: how does Proverbs 1-9 function with respect to the interpretation of Proverbs 10-31? Arthur Keefer argues that, in the detail and holistic context of Proverbs, Proverbs 1-9 functions didactically by supplying interpretive frameworks in literary, rhetorical and theological contexts for representative portions of Proverbs 10-31. Keefer suggests that Proverbs 1-9 functions didactically by teaching interpretive skills, and allows interpretation of Proverbs 10-31 by instilling the competence required to explicate this material. As a result, Proverbs 1-9 provides a didactic introduction for the remainder of the book, particularly with respect to its character types, educational goals, and theology. This volume demonstrates the function of Proverbs 1-9 for Proverbs 10-31 in some of the most prominent interpretive contexts of the book, and in doing so advances current key interpretive debates within Proverbs scholarship.

Author : Dr. Richard J. Clifford
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426760112

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Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries: Psalms 1-72 by Dr. Richard J. Clifford Pdf

Clifford differs from other commentators on the Psalms chiefly in his concern with the inner dramatic logic of the Psalms - how they organize the experience and desires of the "pray-er" and bring them to a proper conclusion. His primary concern is to help readers see the pattern and progression within the Psalms, while at the same time attending to the richness of their words and the texture of their imagery.

Author : Anathea E. Portier-Young,Gregory E. Sterling,Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll,Harold W. Attridge,Corrine Carvalho,Adela Yarbro Collins,John J. Collins,John R. Donahue,John Endres,Gina Hens-Piazza,Julia D. E. Prinz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978702899

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Scripture and Social Justice by Anathea E. Portier-Young,Gregory E. Sterling,Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll,Harold W. Attridge,Corrine Carvalho,Adela Yarbro Collins,John J. Collins,John R. Donahue,John Endres,Gina Hens-Piazza,Julia D. E. Prinz Pdf

The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in contemporary struggles for social justice – either as inspiration or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling resources for thinking biblically about what justice is and what it demands. Individual essays treat key debates, themes, and texts, locating each within its historical and cultural settings while also linking them to the most pressing justice concerns of the twenty-first century. The volume aims to challenge academic and ecclesiastical complacency and highlight key avenues for future scholarship and action.

Author : Dirk J. Human,Johan Buitendag,Jaco Beyers,Gerda E. de Villiers,Wim A. Dreyer,Yolanda Dreyer,Stephanus F. de Beer,Willem Fourie,Ananda Geyser-Fouché,Alphonso Groenewald,Hanré Janse van Rensburg,E.E. (Sias) Meyer,Johann A. Meylahn,Sampson S. (Sam) Ndoga,Cornelius J. Niemandt,Jerry Pillay,Corneliu C. Simut,Andries G. van Aarde,Attie S. van Niekerk,Daniël P. Veldsman,Casparus J. (Cas) Wepener,Tanya van Wyk
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781928396345

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Theology at the University of Pretoria - 100 years: (1917-2017) Past, present and future by Dirk J. Human,Johan Buitendag,Jaco Beyers,Gerda E. de Villiers,Wim A. Dreyer,Yolanda Dreyer,Stephanus F. de Beer,Willem Fourie,Ananda Geyser-Fouché,Alphonso Groenewald,Hanré Janse van Rensburg,E.E. (Sias) Meyer,Johann A. Meylahn,Sampson S. (Sam) Ndoga,Cornelius J. Niemandt,Jerry Pillay,Corneliu C. Simut,Andries G. van Aarde,Attie S. van Niekerk,Daniël P. Veldsman,Casparus J. (Cas) Wepener,Tanya van Wyk Pdf

In this scholarly book, a century’s theology presented by the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria, is celebrated. All authors are academics or research associates of the University of Pretoria. A historical and futuristic overview with perspectives from the past, present and future, are examined. The past is not only portrayed by means of societal and scientific contributions and achievements, but the authors also reflect on malfunctions, ill behaviour and disappointments of church and theology, presented at the University of Pretoria within the South African context over 100 years. The book commences with a chapter in which institutional transformation is discussed, as well as the changes that demonstrate the role of the Faculty of Theology within a secular state university. It includes an explanation of the importance of research impact, research productivity and research reputation. Among various discipline indicators, the category Theology and Religion Studies plays a significant role in the measurement of world university rankings of universities. With regard to scientific and encyclopaedic content, the book focuses on the theological disciplines presented in the academic curricula: first the biblical sciences (Old and New Testament Studies), then the historical disciplines (Systematic Theology, Church History and Church Polity), and finally the practical disciplines (Practical Theology, Science of Religion and Missiology). The role of Religion Studies in a newly established Faculty of Theology and Religion not only enhances the diversity of interreligious tolerance and an atmosphere of dialogue, but it serves as platform to interconnect with the fields of Humanities, Social and Natural Sciences and other academic disciplines. In the conclusive part of the book, contributions highlight the role of the centres in the Faculty (Centre for Contextual Ministry and Centre for Sustainable Communities), as well as the continental and international footprints of the two theological journals whose title ownership is attached to the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria, namely HTS Theological Studies and Verbum et Ecclesia. The methodology comprised in all the chapters amounts to a literature and contextual study. Since the book describes the histories of formal academic departments, these texts are of a descriptive, interpretative and critical character. Reference is made in some chapters to exegetical methods, like the historical critical methods. The target audience of the book is academic scholars and theologians, who specialise in the different fields of Theology, the Humanities and other Social Sciences. The book is also accessible to scholars of other academic disciplines outside these disciplines. The book comprises original research by several authors and is not plagiarised from other scientific publications of this nature.